Roxana this is so lovely, I am so impressed by the Amt. that was raised! Like others I think the best my Charity quilts have for is maybe 800.00. So this is really impressive! Thanks for sharing the beautiful pic...

I wasn't in this swap, but have been following along from time-to-time since I get all the swaps conversations in my email. I just had to chime in here..

Roxana, that is wonderful and so inspiring that it brought so much money! I have been thinking about making a quilt to donate to an auction for my favorite charity, but I usually only can get a few quilts finished each year, so I haven't gotten to that one yet. I wanted to ask you for some advice if I do the same next year... usually at that sort of event, they have a stated value and a starting bid. What did they enter as the value and the starting bid for your quilt?

Raleigh, NC

I wasn't in this swap, but have been following along from time-to-time since I get all the swaps conversations in my email. I just had to chime in here..

Roxana, that is wonderful and so inspiring that it brought so much money! I have been thinking about making a quilt to donate to an auction for my favorite charity, but I usually only can get a few quilts finished each year, so I haven't gotten to that one yet. I wanted to ask you for some advice if I do the same next year... usually at that sort of event, they have a stated value and a starting bid. What did they enter as the value and the starting bid for your quilt?

Carolyn,

My LQS owner gave me a formula that I think I will post maybe to a blog I can create on here. It really helped in giving a base price and kept the quilt from going for too low a price. Let me figure that out and I will post a link here. It helped me tremendously.

I guess my king sized quilts come in at about $800! Thanks for this info. My daughter wanted me to make a machine appliqué ABCs child sized quilt and donate it to a silent auction. I told her the starting price would need to be at least $200 and I thought no one would even bid.